Get Ready! For Standardized Tests : Reading Grade 3

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
SKILLS CHECKLIST......Page 13
Types of Standardized Tests......Page 15
How States Use Standardized Tests......Page 16
Inappropriate Use of Standardized Test Scores......Page 17
How to Raise Test Scores......Page 18
Test Questions......Page 19
What This Book Can Do......Page 21
Basic Test-Taking Strategies......Page 22
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 25
Practice Skill: Vocabulary......Page 27
Analogies......Page 29
Practice Skill: Analogies......Page 30
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 33
Practice Skill: Word Meanings in Context......Page 34
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 37
Practice Skill: Synonyms......Page 38
Practice Skill: Antonyms......Page 40
Homophones......Page 41
Practice Skill: Homophones......Page 42
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 45
Practice Skill: Beginning Word Sounds......Page 46
Practice Skill: Ending Word Sounds......Page 47
What Tests May Ask......Page 48
Practice Skill: Consonant Blends......Page 49
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 53
Practice Skill: Spelling......Page 55
Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes......Page 56
Practice Skill: Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes......Page 57
Practice Skill: Compound Words......Page 60
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 63
Practice Skill: Capitalization......Page 64
Practice Skill: Punctuation......Page 66
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 67
What Tests May Ask......Page 69
Practice Skill: Parts of Speech......Page 70
Practice Skill: Adjectives......Page 71
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 73
Practice Skill: Main Idea and Details......Page 74
Sequence......Page 75
Practice Skill: Sequence......Page 76
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 77
Practice Skill: Characters and Settings......Page 78
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 79
Practice Skill: Predicting Outcomes......Page 80
What Tests May Ask......Page 82
Cause and Effect......Page 83
Practice Skill: Cause and Effect......Page 84
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 87
Practice Skill: Facts versus Opinions......Page 88
What Third Graders Should Know......Page 89
Practice Skill: Biography......Page 90
What Tests May Ask......Page 91
Practice Skill: Poetry......Page 92
What You and Your Child Can Do......Page 95
Using the Dictionary......Page 96
Practice Skill: Using the Dictionary......Page 97
Practice Skill: Reading Graphs......Page 98
What Third Graders Should Know......Page 99
Practice Skill: Parts of a Book......Page 100
APPENDIX A Web Sites and Resources for More Information......Page 101
APPENDIX B Read More about It......Page 105
APPENDIX C What Your Child’s Test Scores Mean......Page 107
APPENDIX D Which States Require Which Tests......Page 115
APPENDIX E Testing Accommodations......Page 125
Glossary......Page 127
Answer Keys for Practice Skills......Page 129
Sample Practice Test......Page 131
Answer Key for Sample Practice Test......Page 175